Neck supporting device



S. GRASSL NECK SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Dec.

Oct. 30, 1962 IN VEN TOR.`

SIMON GRASSL BY //l bmw;

ATTORNEY f United States Patent 3,060,930 Patented Oct. 30, 1962 3,060,930 NECK SUPPORTUJG DEVliCE Simon Grassl, 1561 3rd Ave., New York, NX. Filed Dec. 14, 1959, Ser. No. 859,425 1 claim. (ci. 12s- 75) This invention relates in general to neck supporters and, more particularly, to adjustable neck supporters.

An object of this invention is to provide a neck support that may easily be adjusted to give a desired amount of support to the neck of a person.

Another object of this invention is to provide a neck support which may be adjusted to t a number of persons of different sizes.

Many other objects, advantages, and features of invention reside in the particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts involved in the embodiment of the invention and its practice as will be understood from the following description and accompanying drawing wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of the neck support;

FIGURE 2 is a back view of the neck support;

FIGURE 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged detail of the section of FIG- URE 3.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral indicates an upper section of the neck supporter. 'This upper section 10 has a roll-shaped member 11 which is made from foam rubber 12 encased in a fabric cover 13. Directly beneath the roll 11 the fabric cover 13 is secured by stitches to the top edge of a stiff and flexible leather strip 14. The lower back portion of the fabric cover 13 extends downward along the rear surface of the strip 14 and it is `stitched to the lower edge of the strip 14 by the stitches 16.

A number of eyelets 17 extend through the fabric cover 13 and the strip 14 to serve as air vents. As shown in FIGURE 3, a small metal plate 18 is fixed between the yfabric 13 and the center portion of the back surface of strip 14. The plate 1S contains a threaded socket 19 into which the `screw 27 is turned. The strip 14 contains a single aperture aligned with the threaded socket 19 so that the screw 27 may pass through the strip 14 and enter the socket 19.

A lower section of the neck supporter is generally designated by the numeral 20. The large eyelets 32 extend through the upper and lower sections of the neck supporter to pivotally fasten them together. The lower section 20 consists of a roll-shaped member 11 which is made from the foam rubber 12 covered with the fabric covering 13. The fabric covering 13 is stitched together and to a stiif flexible leather strip 14 by the stitches 15. Thus the stitches 15 x the lower edge of the strip 14 above the roll 11. The fabric covering 13 extends upward behind the strip 14 and it is secured to its upper edge by the stitches 16.

The lower section 20 has a meta'l plate 24 fixed behind the center of the strip 14'. As shown in FIGURE 2, the metal plate 24 may be held in place by means of the eyelets 30 which secure the plate 24 to the fabric covering 13. The metal plate 24 contains an oblong slit or opening 2'5 and the covering 13 contains a similar opening 2S. A screw 27 extends through the opening 25 and the opening 2S to be turned into the threaded socket 19. The head 2S of the screw 27 lies between the plate 24 and the strip` 14. The strip 14 contains a number of vertically aligned openings 29 placed over the opening 25 in the plate 24. A conventional slot in the screw head 28 enables the screw 2.7 to be tightened through an aperture 29 to lock the sections 10 and 20 in a given position.

Additional eyelets 17 extend through strip 14 and the fabric covering 13" for ventilation. A strap 4t)l and a buckle 42 are fixed to the ends of the strip 14' `so that the neck support may be tightly secured about the neck of a user. The center portions of the sections 10 and 210 may then be moved relative to each other to a desired height and then locked in place by means of tightening the screw 27.

While this invention has been shown and described in the best form known, it will nevertheless be understood that this is purely exemplary and that modifications may be made in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts and the substitution of equivalents mechanically and otherwise, without departing from the spirit of the invention except as it may be more limited in the appended claim wherein I claim:

A neck support comprising, in combination, an upper roll of soft material, an upper strip of stiif flexible material beneath said upper roll, an upper covering of fabric extending over and encasing said upper roll, said upper covering being fixed to said upper strip securing said upper rdll above said upper strip, a lower roll of soft material, a lower strip of stiff ilexible materal above said lower roll, a lower covering of fabric extending under and encasing said lower roll, said lower covering being fixed to said lower strip securing said lower roll below said 'lower strip, said upper and lower strips having end portions, means pivotally securing the end portions of said upper strip behind the end portions of said lower strip, a rst plate containing a threaded socket, said first plate being iixed to the center of and behind said upper strip, said upper strip containing an aperture aligned with the threaded socket, a second plate containing a vertical slot, said second plate being iixed to the center of and behind said lower strip, and a screw extending through the slot in said second plate engaging the threaded socket in said rst plate to adjustably secure said plates and thereby the center portions of said upper and lower strips, said screw having a head disposed between said second plate and said lower strip, said lower strip containing a. number of vertically aligned apertures disposed over the slot in said second plate, said vertically aligned apertures being smaller than the head of lsaid screw. v

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,801,630 Moore Aug. 6, 1957 2,828,736 Monfardini a Apr. 1, 1958 2,911,970 Bartels Nov. 10, 1959 

